About the Event:
In April 2009, the Heads of State and Government of NATO Member States tasked NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, with the task of developing a new Strategic Concept to be approved at the Lisbon Summit in November 2010. NATO has not revised its strategic concept since 1999, prior to the events of 9/11 and prior to the accession to the EU of ten central and eastern European countries.
Professor Kay will share his thoughts on how NATO will equip itself to deal with the security threats, both military and non military, of the 21st century.
About the Speaker:
Sean Kay is Full Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ohio Wesleyan University specializing in international politics, international security, international organizations, and U.S. foreign and defense policy. He is also the Chair of the International Studies Program. Sean Kay is a Mershon Associate at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at Ohio State University and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Eisenhower Institute in Washington, D.C. specializing in international security.
In the U.S. Department of Defense, Professor Kay worked on policy and analysis dealing with NATO enlargement, the Balkans, NATO's internal transformation, and U.S.-Russia relations. He was also an advisor to the Department of State on NATO enlargement.
Publications include the books:
Global Security in the 21st Century: The Quest for Power and the Search for Peace;
NATO after 50 Years; and
The Future of European Security
